In order to investigate the microstructure evolution during a hot extrusion process,a cellular automata(CA)coupled with finite element method(FEM)was developed to numerically simulate the dynamic recrystallization(DRX).Firstly,the cellular automata model was modified by introducing thermomechanical parameters under the isothermal hot compression conditions.Then,the modified CA was verified by the experimental average grain size which was obtained by the hot compression of cylindrical specimens.After that,the modified CA was used to predict the microstructure evolution during a double cup extrusion by combining with the finite element method.The results showed that the strain rate and the temperature are sensitive to the average grain size while the strain can affect the DRX fraction greatly.In addition,the CA model can predict the final microstructure successfully and is able to simulate the DRX phenomenon for a wide range of deformation conditions.It also revealed that the results obtained by CA model are consistent with the ones acquired by finite element analysis.
The work hardening and dynamic softening behaviors of Cu-6 wt pct Ag binary alloy were studied by hot compression tests under temperature range of 700-850℃ at strain rates of 0.01-10s-1.The critical conditions for the onset of dynamic recrystallization （DRX） were determined based on the conventional strain hardening rate curves （dσ/dε versus σ）.The progress of DRX was analyzed by constructing a model of volume fraction of DRX based on flow curves.The strain rate sensitivity （SRS） and activation volume V were calculated.The results show that the DRX almost can happen under all deformation conditions even at high Z deformations where dynamic recovery （DRV） is the main softening mechanism.The DRX fraction curves can well predict the DRX behavior.The strain has significant effects on SRS at the strain rates of 0.01s-1 and 10s-1 which are mainly due to off-equilibrium saturation of dislocation storage and annihilation while the effects of the temperature on the SRS are based on the uniformity of microstructure distribution.The formation of ＂forest＂ of dislocation is contributed to the low activation volume V＊（about 168b3） which is independent of Z values at the initial deformation.The cross-slip due to dislocation piled up beyond the grain boundaries or obstacles is related to the low activation volume under the high Z deformation conditions at high strain （ε=0.6） while the fine DRX grains coarsed is the main reason for the high activation volume at low Z under the same strain conditions.
For Gu-Ag alloy, an important parameter called workability in the forming process of materials can be evaluated by processing maps yielded from the stress-strain data generated by hot compression tests at temperatures of 700-850 °C and strain rates of 0.01-10 s-1. And at the true strain of 0.15, 0.35 and 0.55, respectively, the responses of strain-rate sensitivity, power dissipation efficiency and instability parameter to temperature and strain rate were studied. Instability maps and power dissipation maps were superimposed to form processing maps, which reveal the determinate regions where individual metallurgical processes occur and the limiting conditions of flow instability regions. Furthermore, the optimal processing parameters for bulk metal working are identified clearly by the processing maps.
